OCEAN FOR ALL CONTEST

Oceano for all

OCEAN FOR ALL CONTEST : BRINGING YOUTH CLOSER TO THE SEA

Committed for over 100 years to mediating and raising public awareness of the Ocean, the Oceanographic Institute, Albert I Prince of Monaco Foundation in collaboration with the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation is organizing the 11th edition of the “Oceano for All” educational competition for the 2024-2025 school year.

The aim of the contest is to help teachers and their classes to discover and understand the Ocean, and to create a societal and collective project to protect it in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals 13 and 14 (SDGs).

Aware of the new way in which young people look at the environment and their growing desire to take action to protect it, the Oceanographic Institute is working to support and accompany these new generations and help them to better understand how to act in the face of today’s challenges.

To help them manage and develop their project, teachers and students will be able to benefit from the support of an educational team specialising in scientific and cultural mediation, and take part in virtual workshops on the main marine themes.

In order to enhance the reflections and actions they have implemented throughout the contest, the registered classes will produce a video report and a document that presents the project and its ecological and societal impact.

The classes that will carry the most impacting projects from a human and environmental point of view will be awarded:

  • Oceano pour tous” prize Category “France and Monaco less than 1100 Km from the Museum”: a two-day trip to Monaco with the prize-giving ceremony.
  • Oceano pour tous – Collège” (Oceano for all – secondary school) Category “France + 1100 Km from the Museum”: up to 3,000 euros for the organization of activities to raise awareness of the Ocean.
  • Two “Helping Hand” prizes awarded thanks to the support of the Association des Amis du Musée océanographique de Monaco.
  • Four special “Oceano for all” prizes: a “Theme Mastery Prize”, a “Sea Culture Prize”, an “Originality Prize” and a “Helping Hand Prize”.
  • Prize « Oceano for All » thank-you prize awarded to all participating classes

With the aim of inspiring and encouraging other young people to take action for the Ocean, all the reports from the participating classes will be promoted and distributed via the Institute’s networks and its partners.

This project is supported by the TotalEnergies Foundation

The previous edition

2024 06 12 - Photo des Laureats du concours oceano pour tous à l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco

For 2023-2024,

9 classes won prizes for their projects:

Category ” France and Monaco – 1100 Km from the museum “

France “+ 1100 Km of the Museum” category

  • 🏆1st Prize : GOD à Maupiti en Polynésie Française
  • ❤️Prize “Helping Hand” AAMOM :Collège Gerard Holder à Cayenne en Guyane
  • 👍Prize “Helping hand” : Secondary school Faaroa à Raiatea en Polynésie Française

THE REGISTRATION FILE

To register, complete the registration form below before the deadline of 00:00 on 10/31/2024 (10/15/2024 for French overseas departments and territories).

Phone number

00377 93 15 36 81

The education and animation departement is at your service to help you and guide you to complete your registration and for any additionnal information about the competition.

Do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail or by phone.

OBJECTIVES OF THE CONTEST: A PERSONALISED SUPPORT FOR UNDERSTANDING AND PROTECTING THE OCEAN

The educational support offered by the Oceanographic Institute aims to:
  • Discover marine biodiversity
  • To help students understand the role of the ocean in regulating the climate
  • Analyze the impacts of human activities on the Ocean
  • To raise awareness and take action in favour of the Ocean

CONDITIONS TO PARTICIPATE

Who is the contest for?

 

To classes or “groups of students”*

  • Primary schools and Middle schools
  • in REP or REP + zones
  • in rural areas
  • in localized units for school inclusion (Ulis)
  • in Sections d’enseignement général et professionnel adapté (SEGPA – adapted general and vocational education sections)
  • in Réseaux Égalité des Chances et Territoires (RECT)
  • in Priority Urban Neighborhoods (QPV)
*A group of students can be formed from a class, several classes, a section, a student association, a group of eco-delegates, a pre-existing project group, within the limit of 30 students and supervised by a teacher.
 

The countries covered by the contest :

The contest is open to classes or “groups of students” in the following countries or geographical areas :

  • Metropolitan France and DROM-COM (French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion, Mayotte, New-Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis-et-Futuna, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Terres-Australes, Clipperton Island)
  • Monaco
  • Seychelles and Mauritius
 

Participation requirements :

For the realization of the remote workshops the class or group must have access to a room equipped with a video projector, computer, camera, speakers, microphone and an internet connection.

How to participate ?

Teachers wishing to enter their class or a group of students* in the “Oceano for All” competition must complete the call for projects registration form on the competition website before the registration deadline.

Application deadline :

In order to be accepted, forms should preferably be sent before the deadline: 10/31/2024 at 00:00 for mainland France and Monaco and 10/15/2024 at 00:00 for French overseas departments and territories

 

Selection criteria for applications :

The participating classes will be selected from among all the classes that submit the registration form, according to the following selection criteria:

  • Project theme related to the Ocean
  • Consistency of the project with SDGs 13 and 14
  • Impacts brought about by the implementation of the class project
  • Number of people involved in carrying out the project
  • Number of people potentially impacted by the implementation of the project
  • The strategy for the sustainability of the project
 

Number of classes eligible for the contest :

  • Metropolitan France, Monaco and French overseas departments and territories: 40 classes in all (primary cycle 3 and collèges)
 

RESOURCES FOR REGISTERED CLASSES

Each class will be supported in carrying out its project by the educational team of the Oceanographic Institute, using innovative and interactive methods:

  • Virtual educational workshops to discover the Ocean and the environmental issues linked to Sustainable Development Goals 13 and 14;
  • Access to online educational resources for teachers and students (infographics, quizzes, thematic sheets)
  • Access to the “Oceano Métiers” program: discover careers in the sea through workshops, media and direct exchanges with professionals and scientists.
  • Support for project management and monitoring
  • Financial support to cover transport costs for field trips or the purchase of equipment to set up the project

A PEDAGOGICAL TEAM OF SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITATORS AT YOUR DISPOSAL DURING THE WHOLE PROJECT

To facilitate understanding of ocean-related environmental issues, teachers can work with the Institut’s educational team to select and schedule workshops in line with their class project, from the list below.

Ocean and Climate

  • Climate change: causes and effects on the Ocean
  • Ocean acidification
  • Ocean warming and sea level rise
  • The impacts of climate change on the polar worlds

Discovery of marine biodiversity

  • Seaside animals, Mediterranean ecosystems, polar ecosystems, coral reefs, abyss, marine mammals, sea turtles, sharks

Impacts of human activities on the Ocean

  • Marine protected areas
  • Impacts of human activities on marine ecosystems
  • marine pollution
  • Sustainable fishing

THE RENDERING OF CLASSES

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The classes will have to produce a 5-minutes video report accompanied by a presentation document illustrating all the stages of the project. These two documents should enable the jury to understand the issues addressed by the project, the objectives, the means used to achieve them, the impact and results obtained, the spin-offs, the obstacles and difficulties encountered, the interactions with the various actors and partners involved, as well as the students’ feedback.

  • The presentation of the project must be made up of a maximum of 15 slides. The class may choose to present the project via another digital medium.
  • The video must be no longer than 5 minutes.

PROJECTS VALORIZATION AND IMAGE RIGHTS

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All the reports produced by the classes will be distributed and promoted through the networks of the Oceanographic Institute and its partners, in agreement with the teachers in charge of the projects.

Throughout the competition, the teachers and students must ensure that the image rights of all persons appearing in the project’s communication media (videos, posters, presentations, photos, etc.) are respected and that they use media (music, videos, images) that are free of rights or that have been agreed upon for free use.

Consequently, the project team (teachers and students) undertakes to complete and have completed an image rights authorization form for each person appearing in the above-mentioned media.

CONTEST SCHEDULE

MAI – OCTOBER 2023

CALL FOR PROJECTS DIFFUSION « Ocean for All »

  • Application form to be completed online on the competition’s dedicated page
  • A guidance and support is provided to the teachers who need more information about the contest and the drafting of the call for projects
  • Contacts : 00377 93 15 36 81, oceanopourtous@oceano.org
Closing date for entries: 31/10/2024 at 00:00 (mainland France and Monaco) and 15/10/2024 at 00:00 (French overseas departments and territories).
MAI – OCTOBER 2023
NOVEMBER 2023

SELECTION OF THE PARTICIPATING CLASSES

First coordination meeting between teachers and the Education and Animation team.

NOVEMBER 2023
NOVEMBER 2023 – MARCH 2024
  • Onlinemeeting between the Oceanographic Institute educational team and the students to present/define the class project
  • Remote eudcational workshops
  • Access to the “Oceano Jobs” system
  • Support in setting up and promoting class projects.
  • Providing a financial aid for the implementation and the perpetuation of the class project.
NOVEMBER 2023 – MARCH 2024
MARCH 2024

Return of class productions: 03/31/2025

The expected productions are :

  • A presentation of the project of no more than 15 slides. The class can also choose to present the project via another digital medium
  • A video lasting no more than 5 minutes
MARCH 2024
APRIL 2024

Jury meeting and designation of winning classes

  • Projects are analyzed on the basis of an evaluation grid, and jury members work together to select the winning projects.
  • Announcement and publication of the results
  • Evaluation of the competition and launch of the new 2025-2026 edition
APRIL 2024
APRIL – JUNE 2024

AWARDS

  • Oceano pour tous” prize “France and Monaco – 1100 Km of the Museum” category: two-day stay in Monaco with prize-giving ceremony.

  • Oceano pour tous – Collège” prize Category “France + 1100 Km from the Museum”: up to 3,000 euros for organizing activities to raise awareness of the Ocean.

  • Two Prize « Oceano for All » – Category « Coup de Coeur » prizes awarded thanks to the support of the Association of Friends of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

  • Four special “Oceano for all” awards:
    • Theme mastery award
    • Sea culture award
    • Originality Award
    • Helping hand prize
  • Prize « Oceano for All » thank-you prize awarded to all participating classes

APRIL – JUNE 2024

ABOUT US

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THE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE OF MONACO

The Oceanographic Institute was founded in 1906 by Prince Albert I. It is a foundation recognized as being of public utility and brings together scientific, political and economic actors and the general public to promote knowledge and protection of the Ocean. Under the impulse of its honorary president, H.S.H. Prince Albert II, the Oceanographic Institute contributes to Monaco’s commitment to the Ocean, in particular alongside the Government of Monaco, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the Monaco Scientific Centre, the Explorations of Monaco and the Yacht Club of Monaco. It is the driving force behind numerous national and international projects (symposiums, exhibitions, educational programmes, etc.) and pursues its mission of environmental mediation through its two establishments, the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco and the Maison de l’Océan in Paris https://musee.oceano.org/

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